Description
Expat reflection cards built for the version of moving abroad nobody puts in a brochure. Expatriation Foundations is the first deck from The Hold Circle — 48 cards across six categories, made for the guilt, the ambivalence, and the anger nobody expects you to have about a life you chose.
Why These Expat Reflection Cards Are Different
Most guides to living abroad stop at logistics — visas, movers, which neighborhood to rent in. These expat reflection cards go somewhere most of them don’t. Built from a seven-lens system, no two cards repeat the same question twice. Draw a card when you don’t know what you’re feeling, only that it’s a lot.
- Identity in Transition
Who am I now that everything changed - Emotions I Don’t Share
What I feel but rarely admit - Belonging & Loneliness
What feels hard about being far from home - Fears & Bravery
What scares me and what moves me - Needs, Desires & Longings
What I want but rarely express - Vulnerability & Truth
What would make me feel lighter if I said it
Who These Cards Are For
- Anyone who’s moved countries and is still catching up on the parts they didn’t process
- Partners and families navigating expat life together, not always at the same pace
- Coaches, therapists, and relocation professionals working with clients in transition
Want the story behind why this deck exists? My Story has the full version — it started as 42 cards made for myself, long before it was a company.
More Than a Deck
280M+ people currently live outside the country they were born in — and almost none were handed a script for the parts that don’t make the highlight reel.
The Hold Circle is being built as a whole world of decks for the different rooms that life happens in, starting with this one.
What’s in the Box
48 cards, six categories, in a rigid lift-off box — warm beige linen exterior, olive interior, gold foil detail, brass hardware.
Draw one alone, hand one to a partner who doesn’t have the words yet, or bring the deck into a coaching session. However it lands in your hands, these expat reflection cards were built to hold all three.
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